By DAVID MIYOSHIVIETNAM VETERANThis years Nisei Week Festival pays special tribute to Japanese American Vietnam veterans.

and promote civic engagement; educates and informs the public and public officials about important issues; creates strength within and among communities to advocate for positive change; and explores the values that shape American democracy.Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy will host Our Fragile Democracy: The Role of State Attorneys General in Upholding the Law in Times of Crisis on Thursday.

Her lifelong commitment to racial and social justice was shaped by her experience as a young activist in her native South Africa when she was jailed as a political prisoner for her opposition to apartheid.She is also chair of the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium and serves on the board of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.EJS continues to build its dynamic civil rights practice to dismantle discriminatory school discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline.

Holder is president of Equal Justice Society.This event is free and open to the public.

Connie Chung Joe of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California.

the states 34th attorney general.Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story.

government during World War II.: Three View of Manzanar: Ansel Adams.

on PBS SoCal PlusEast West Players theatre company has been a home for Asian American artists such as George Takei.after the 20th-century revolutions.